Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 15 LIVE – Richard Carapaz defends pink as Jai Hindley, Joao Almeida lurk

Chute! Ad/> You may have caught whispers of an early crash involving our new maglia rosa, Richard Carapaz. Though not an entirely scurrilous rumour, it occurred at relatively low speed, with most caught up enjoying a soft horticultural landing and all getting back on their bikes. Giro d'ItaliaForget pink, Ineos will be 'asking questions' after being ripped apart15 HOURS AGO /> 131km to go: Five riders off the front And it’s several of the usual suspects, working reasonably well, with a lead of 10-15 seconds.

Andrea Vendrame (AG2R Citroen) Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) Lennard Kamna (Bora-Hansgrohe) Anthony Perez (Cofidis) Sylvain Moniquet (Lotto Soudal) One of those, Kamna, is not like the others. If he can get up the road he could be a lot of help to Jai Hindley later in the stage. That’s a big if, though.

Plenty of riders and teams still eager to make the jump the peloton, still strung out through the valley, isn't ready to sit up yet. I can be your Giro, baby Welcome to live coverage of Stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia 2022. If yesterday was a dance around the undulating skirt of the Alps, today sees the race make a beeline for the big mountains of the Valle d’Aosta.

Although the climbing proper doesn’t come until km 94, the road rises steadily and consistently by as much as 250m until then. Not enough to cause any issues for this lot, but hardly easy on the legs either. You join us 35km into the stage and a breakaway is still to stick.

With the intermediate sprint arriving right at the foot of the category 1, Pila-les-Fleurs, the sprinters' teams have an interest in efforts to control things. There’s a reasonable chance of the race staying all together until then. What happened yesterday? Stage 14 of the